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A New Approach to Arms Control

| June 14, 2023

How to Safeguard Nuclear Weapons in an Era of Great-Power Politics

With Russia’s war against Ukraine in its second year and tensions growing in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, nuclear weapons are back on the global political agenda. At a summit in Hiroshima on May 19, G-7 leaders committed to promoting “responsible nuclear behavior,” including risk reduction measures and greater transparency about states’ nuclear arsenals. Despite this renewed attention to the danger of nuclear weapons, traditional arms control—in which nuclear powers formally agree to take steps to reduce their arsenals—has broken down altogether.

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For Academic Citation: Kühn, Ulrich and Heather Williams. “A New Approach to Arms Control.” Foreign Affairs, June 14, 2023.

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